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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

A Fiery Red Visitor

This past weekend was my son's 7th birthday bash - a Lego extravaganza! He was ear-to-ear smiles! We lucked out with a gorgeous day on Saturday ... comfortably warm with a slight breeze and flawless blue skies.

As we were decorating the tables outside, this little guy flew in for a visit. I've never seen one like it, and I'm not sure exactly what it is. To me ... it looks like a dragonfly. But, I'm not sure those come in a fiery-red variety.

I skimmed through a few lists of bugs ... but, I can only take so much of that before feeling like they're crawling up my legs and through my hair! I did find a similar-looking one called a Red Skimmer, but I'm sticking with the Red Dragonfly!

If you know what it is, let me know!

As for the rest of this week ... our big 7-year old, who has hardly been sick a day in his life, is very much a sick young man. He's got lymph node swelling in his neck giving him the look of a football player and making him unable to move his neck and head. That, combined, with a constant fever, has me a bit distracted. The doctor has ruled out several things, and we'll be re-visiting in a few days to see if the lymph nodes are shrinking back to their normal size, or if further investigation is warranted!

So ... please think good thoughts that our young man - who has been such a trooper while clearly not feeling well - will be back to his normal scooter-riding, bike-jumping, Lego-obsessed, silly, sweet, energetic self soon.

Oh no! There's nothing more stressful than sick kiddos. We spent the 4th of July in the emergency room because our 4-year-old was so sick he had a hard time breathing. Not fun. We'll be thinking of you guys. Keep us posted!

Hi Kelly, thanks for visiting my blog! You have a gorgeous family, and I'm so sorry to read about your son. Summer colds and such are no fun. My son Ben is 10 and he woke up with the creep and crud too. It must be going around. I love your blog title, Crossing your T's! So cute! I look forward to reading more of your posts. I love meeting other writers through blogging. It makes this journey even more fun.

Oh, I hope he's feeling better. It's not strep or mono? I will keep him in my thoughts.

About your fiery red bug, did you go to www.whatsthatbug.com. This guys amazing. He knows everything buggy. I once had these pine needly things in my trees. I thought it was a cocoon of some type. But now, this bug man knew what it was right away - a bag worm, eewoo! He said I needed to pull them all off my tree and burn them. We did just that. So, if anyone will know what your little friend is, he will!

Yat-Yee! Thank you and congratulations to you as well!!! Wonderful to meet you!

Sherry - Yes ... Legos are the best! Actually, I think my hubby enjoys them just as much as Braden! :-) I believe it ... I don't think the worrying ever goes away!

Amy! Welcome ... so wonderful to meet you! Thank you for your kind words and thoughts!

CC! It turned out to be so fun ... built Legos were the decorations, with balloons tied to them ... they were everywhere!

Keri! Thank you! Your poor hubby ... that is just no fun at all! Glad to hear all turned out well!

C.R.! Thank you so much for your kind words and prayers, and I will definitely pass along the hug to him!

Sherrie - Thank you so much! And, would you believe, that bug keeps coming back and visiting?!

Vivian - So true ... thank you so much for your kind words!

Sheri! You are GOOD!!!! After tests, and multiple exams, and a CT scan ... and even a negative mono reading ... it turned out to be just that! A relief in so many ways! And ... I'm headed off to whatsthatbug.com right now ... thank you so much ... I'm excited to hear what it really is!! :-)

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Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog! I am an Operations and Human Resources Manager who decided to follow a long-time dream of becoming a picture book author. I also love telling a story with pictures, and am often seen with camera in-hand. I live in the beautiful state of Oregon with my amazing husband, son, and daughter, and a sweet, stubborn, little spaz of a Yorkie who has us all wrapped around his little paw!